Message from the County Legislative Chair. Welcome to Schenectady County - a great place to work, live and raise a family. Schenectady County has a proud history of blazing new trails of discovery. We were the home of Thomas Edison and Charles Steinmetz who changed the world with their innovation.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Suffrage(noun) a vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote. Suffrage(noun) testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
Origin of SUFFRAGE. in sense 1, from Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin suffragium, from Latin, vote, political support, from suffragari to support with one's vote; in other senses, from Latin suffragium. First Known Use: 14th century.